Summary

I learned later that Malignance had managed to hijack several major TV stations in the greater Washington DC area and transmit the kind of stereotypical villainous world takeover speech that made me increasingly uncomfortably aware of the idea that maybe I was the one in that comic book situation.

Not as that bewildered observer staring through the windows, nor as the hapless civilian that needed to be rescued from the clutches of whatever stupid situation or villain of the week. I was the hero.

Louise Jamison sets off on a journey, and gets more than what she bargained for. Meanwhile, Robert Collins tries to come to grips with the power he's received.

Their stories are linked, by the Emitter that they share. Meanwhile, Malignance approaches...